by Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860)
Translation © by Athanasios Papaisiou

Frühlingssehnsucht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE ITA KOR LIT NOR POR SPA
Säuselnde Lüfte
Wehend so mild,
Blumiger Düfte
Athmend erfüllt!
Wie haucht Ihr mich wonnig begrüßend an!
Wie habt Ihr dem pochenden Herzen gethan?
Es möchte Euch folgen auf luftiger Bahn!
Wohin?

Bächlein, so munter
Rauschend zumal,
[Wallen]1 hinunter
Silbern in's Thal.
Die schwebende Welle, dort eilt sie dahin!
Tief spiegeln sich Fluren und Himmel darin.
Was ziehst Du mich, sehnend verlangender Sinn,
Hinab?

Grüßender Sonne
Spielendes Gold,
Hoffende Wonne
Bringest Du hold.
Wie labt mich Dein selig begrüßendes Bild!
Es lächelt am tiefblauen Himmel so mild,
Und hat mir das Auge mit Thränen gefüllt! -
Warum?

Grünend umkränzet
Wälder und Höh'!
Schimmernd erglänzet
Blüthenschnee!
So dränget sich Alles zum bräutlichen Licht;
Es schwellen die Keime, die Knospe bricht;
Sie haben gefunden was ihnen gebricht:
Und Du?

Rastloses Sehnen!
Wünschendes Herz,
Immer nur Thränen,
Klage und Schmerz?
Auch ich bin mir schwellender Triebe bewußt!
Wer stillet mir endlich die drängende Lust?
Nur Du [befreiest]2 den Lenz in der Brust,
Nur Du!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Rellstab. Erstes Bändchen. Berlin, bei Friedrich Laue. 1827, pages 114-115.

1 Schubert: "Wollen"
2 Schubert: "befreist"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Nostàlgia de primavera", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Voorjaarsverlangen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Spring longing", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kevään kaipausta", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ardeurs du printemps", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , "Νοσταλγία της άνοιξης", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nostalgia di primavera", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "봄의 동경", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Vårlengsel", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Axel Bergstedt) , "Anelo primaveral", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Nostalgia primaveral", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 159

Nostalgia tēs anoixēs
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Throizontes anemoi pu pneete toso apala
Me luludiōn arōmata einai ē anasa sas gematē!
Pōs me physate apolaustika chairetōntas me! 
Ti echete kanei stēn pallomenē kardia?
Thelei na sas akoluthēsei stēn aerinē trochia! 
Pros ta poy?

Ryakia, pu kelaryzun mazi toso eythyma, 
Thelun na rixun asēmi stēn koilada. 
To ormētiko kyma, speydei pera kata ekei!
Bathia kathrephtizontai mesa tu libadia kai uranoi. 
Ti me trabas, skepsē pu lachtarōntas potheis,  
Pros ta katō?

Paichnidiariko chrysaphi tu ēliu pu chaireta, 
Elpidophora chara pherneis tryphera!
Pōs me euphrainei ē eikona su pu makaria me chaireta! 
Chamogela ston bathia galazio urano toso apala 
Kai echei ta matia mu me dakrya gemisei!
Giati?

Prasino stephanōnei dasē kai koryphes!
Phōteinoi lampun oi chionanthoi! 
Etsi speydun ola pros to nyphiko phōs•
Phuskōnun oi sporoi, to mpumpoyki xepetagetai•
Echun brei, ti tus leipei:
Ki esy?

Asigastē nostalgia! Kardia pu potheis, 
Panta mono dakrya, thrēnos kai ponos?
Ki egō gnōrizō tus pothus pu phuntōnun!
Poios epitelus tha ikanopoiēsei tēn epitaktikē epithymia?
Monon esy eleutherōneis tēn anoixē stēn kardia, 
Monon esy!

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Greek (Ελληνικά) copyright © 2020 by Athanasios Papaisiou, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2020-10-13
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Word count: 171